Thursday, August 30, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Aug 30, 2012

http://www.pcworld.com/article/261586/skydrive_for_android_a_handson_tour.html - SkyDrive Android app - ****
http://maps.google.com/intl/en/help/maps/streetview/gallery.html#!/antarctica - Google Maps Antarctica - Scotts cabin - ****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzTUYAOkPM - 1947 movie on Classroom Discipline - very camp - but kind of sad... - ****
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=85004 - Livebinders - big Livebinder on Teacher Resources - ****
http://goo.gl/pfU4e - Wash Post - We don't need algebra, and STEM is overrated - we need to teach cognitive skills - ****
http://goo.gl/D8bki - GreatSchools - Communicating with your child's teacher - a video - ****
http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/3220 - 6 ways principals can connect with students - ****
http://ctrlq.org/dictation/ - Chrome dictation site - ****
http://www.chemistryinquiry.com/sample_guided_inquiry_lessons.htm - Inquiry-guided Chemistry lessons and activities - ****
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http://www.typeconnection.com - Font pairing service - pick fonts that complement each other - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/teacher-educational-technology-guides.html - EdTechandMobile - Teacher technology guides - collection of blogs - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/great-free-web-resources-on-language.html - EdTechandMobile - Language arts web resources - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/a-list-of-great-free-math-websites-for.html - EdTechandMobile - Free math websites for teachers and students - ***
http://goo.gl/5xbve - EdTechandMobile - Ways to use Google+ hangouts - ***
http://creativityportal.org.uk/ - Creativity portal - Collection of resources - ***
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/08/25/how-augmented-reality-will-change-way-live/ - TheNextWeb - How augmented reality will change our lives - ***
http://www.ibook-widgets.com/ - Add widgets to your iBooks - ***
http://goo.gl/8ZsSz - TeacherPD - Professional development resources for teachers - links with short descriptions - ***
http://amymmcc.blogspot.com/2012/08/ipad-roll-out-four-months-down-track.html - iPad roll-out experiences - ***
http://www.venuegen.com/ - VenuGen - 3D virtual classrooms for K12 students - (like a classroom in 2nd life... like putting 4 legs on a car - need new methods for new media...) - ***
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/tcag.htm - EdLeadership - The case against grades - thoughtful article - ***
http://eduapps.org/?page_id=7#What+is+MyStudyBar%3F - EduApps - MyStudyBar - tools for studying/reading/writing - XP and Win 7 - interesting - ***
http://goo.gl/2uLxF - FreeTech4Teachers - 15 tools for storing and sharing files - ***
http://goo.gl/vgPXr - MakeUseOf - 7 better browsers for Android - ***
http://woices.com/walk/84 - woices - map with landmarks and narration snippets, simulating a walk on the map - cute - ****
http://thepegeek.com/ - PEGeek - interesting PE blog - well made and informative - ***
http://www.die.net/earth/ - World sunlight map - updated continuously - very cool - ***
http://www.kidrex.org/ - KidREX - kid safe search engine - ***
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http://www.robomind.net/en/index.html - RoboMind - teach programming using robot icons - **
http://www.mobento.com/ - Mobento - collection of educational videos - many science - **

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